This table displays the selected game’s current values on four BGG outcomes (UsersRated, Average, GeekRating, Weight) along with my predictive model(s) estimated values for where these games are likely to end up.
Published | ID | Name | Type | UserRatings | Average | GeekRating | Weight |
2021 | Current | 495 | 7.22 | 5.86 | 1.91 | ||
Estimated | 4,700 | 7.54 | 6.97 | 1.81 |
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Description |
Construction is underway on a temple dedicated to Sobek. A huge market has emerged nearby, supplied by the continuous flow of feluccas and pirogues along the Nile. Your Guild of Merchants is determined to take advantage of this unbelievable opportunity, and ready to use any means to grab sumptuous goods out of the way of your opponent. Beware, though, as it will be crucial not to have accumulated too much corruption when the time of reckonings arrives. |
Information on the game’s designers, artists, families, mechanics and categories from BGG.
Published | ID | Name | Publisher(s) | Designer(s) | Artist(s) | Categories | Families | Mechanics |
2021 | Catch Up Games | Bruno Cathala | Xavier Gueniffey Durin | Ancient | Country: Egypt | Advantage Token | ||
Geronimo Games | Sébastien Pauchon | Arabian | Digital Implementations: Board Game Arena | End Game Bonuses | ||||
Hachette Board Games UK | Players: Two Player Only Games | Hand Management | ||||||
MINDOK | Set Collection | |||||||
Pandasaurus Games | Variable Set-up | |||||||
Pegasus Spiele | ||||||||
Playagame Edizioni | ||||||||
For the full profile of the selected game, click on the links in the table or go to https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/332944
For each of the predictions above, I used models that were trained on historical boardgamegeek data in order to predict the selected game. How did the model(s) arrive at their predictions? The following plot displays Shapley values to indicate what features were most influential for the model’s predictions. Anything in blue increased the model’s predictions, anything in red decreased the model’s predictions.
What games are similar to Sobek: 2 Players? I compare the selected game to every other game on boardgamegeek based on its mechanics, playing time, complexity, and game type. The tables below display the games which had the most similar data to Sobek: 2 Players. The reported similarity is the cosine similarity between the selected game and all other games published before 2021.
This similarity score ranges from -1 to 1, where similarity of 1 indicates that games are exactly identical (a game will have a score of 1 with itself).
Note: This analysis does not look at a game’s ratings on BGG, publisher, artist, or designer - it focuses on finding similar games based on how they play, not how they are rated or by their theme.
The table below displays games with the most similar data to Sobek: 2 Players. Click on a game’s ID or Name to go straight to its profile on boardgamegeek.
Rank | Published | ID | Name | Similarity | GeekRating | Average | Weight | UserRatings |
-- | 2021 | 1.00 | 5.86 | 7.22 | 1.81 | 495 | ||
1 | 2020 | 0.82 | 5.93 | 7.81 | 2.25 | 398 | ||
2 | 2017 | 0.81 | 5.61 | 6.11 | 1.50 | 403 | ||
3 | 2020 | 0.79 | 5.67 | 6.75 | 1.75 | 291 | ||
4 | 2014 | 0.78 | 6.71 | 6.89 | 1.69 | 14,019 | ||
5 | 2020 | 0.78 | 6.18 | 7.20 | 2.10 | 1,203 | ||
6 | 2017 | 0.78 | 6.10 | 6.96 | 2.03 | 1,200 | ||
7 | 2016 | 0.77 | 6.95 | 7.44 | 2.78 | 5,258 | ||
8 | 2016 | 0.76 | 6.28 | 7.46 | 2.40 | 1,252 | ||
9 | 2020 | 0.75 | 6.20 | 7.67 | 2.04 | 835 | ||
10 | 2015 | 0.74 | 6.93 | 7.22 | 2.76 | 9,041 | ||
11 | 2019 | 0.73 | 5.86 | 7.11 | 2.07 | 542 | ||
12 | 2004 | 0.73 | 6.83 | 7.14 | 1.85 | 7,826 | ||
13 | 2017 | 0.72 | 6.06 | 7.46 | 2.17 | 771 | ||
14 | 2013 | 0.72 | 7.97 | 8.12 | 3.01 | 32,914 | ||
15 | 2020 | 0.71 | 5.57 | 6.72 | 1.43 | 110 | ||
16 | 2008 | 0.71 | 7.49 | 7.61 | 2.35 | 83,042 | ||
17 | 2012 | 0.70 | 5.66 | 6.55 | 2.55 | 339 | ||
18 | 2018 | 0.70 | 7.69 | 7.85 | 1.95 | 32,910 | ||
19 | 2017 | 0.70 | 5.52 | 6.11 | 2.57 | 101 | ||
20 | 2008 | 0.69 | 5.51 | 5.63 | 1.20 | 180 | ||
21 | 2020 | 0.69 | 6.41 | 7.59 | 2.11 | 1,462 | ||
22 | 2009 | 0.68 | 7.39 | 7.50 | 1.48 | 42,805 | ||
23 | 2015 | 0.68 | 7.98 | 8.11 | 2.22 | 73,405 | ||
24 | 2017 | 0.67 | 5.48 | 4.85 | 2.50 | 53 | ||
25 | 2016 | 0.67 | 6.96 | 7.30 | 2.00 | 10,004 |
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What games are similar to Sobek: 2 Players while also being highly rated by the boardgamegeek community? In this table I multiply every neighboring game’s similarity score by its GeekRating. The resulting score is an attempt to balance these two quantities.
Rank | Published | ID | Name | Score | Similarity | GeekRating | Average | Weight | UserRatings |
-- | 2021 | 5.86 | 1.00 | 5.86 | 7.22 | 1.81 | 495 | ||
1 | 2013 | 5.75 | 0.72 | 7.97 | 8.12 | 3.01 | 32,914 | ||
2 | 2015 | 5.41 | 0.68 | 7.98 | 8.11 | 2.22 | 73,405 | ||
3 | 2018 | 5.40 | 0.70 | 7.69 | 7.85 | 1.95 | 32,910 | ||
4 | 2016 | 5.34 | 0.77 | 6.95 | 7.44 | 2.78 | 5,258 | ||
5 | 2016 | 5.29 | 0.65 | 8.12 | 8.29 | 3.71 | 34,326 | ||
6 | 2008 | 5.28 | 0.71 | 7.49 | 7.61 | 2.35 | 83,042 | ||
7 | 2014 | 5.27 | 0.78 | 6.71 | 6.89 | 1.69 | 14,019 | ||
8 | 2015 | 5.11 | 0.74 | 6.93 | 7.22 | 2.76 | 9,041 | ||
9 | 2009 | 5.05 | 0.68 | 7.39 | 7.50 | 1.48 | 42,805 | ||
10 | 2004 | 5.00 | 0.73 | 6.83 | 7.14 | 1.85 | 7,826 | ||
11 | 2014 | 4.97 | 0.63 | 7.88 | 8.07 | 3.04 | 25,655 | ||
12 | 2019 | 4.93 | 0.62 | 7.88 | 8.66 | 2.70 | 5,721 | ||
13 | 2020 | 4.88 | 0.82 | 5.93 | 7.81 | 2.25 | 398 | ||
14 | 2020 | 4.82 | 0.78 | 6.18 | 7.20 | 2.10 | 1,203 | ||
15 | 2016 | 4.74 | 0.76 | 6.28 | 7.46 | 2.40 | 1,252 | ||
16 | 2017 | 4.74 | 0.78 | 6.10 | 6.96 | 2.03 | 1,200 | ||
17 | 2016 | 4.68 | 0.67 | 6.96 | 7.30 | 2.00 | 10,004 | ||
18 | 2016 | 4.64 | 0.63 | 7.31 | 7.89 | 2.17 | 6,383 | ||
19 | 2020 | 4.63 | 0.75 | 6.20 | 7.67 | 2.04 | 835 | ||
20 | 2013 | 4.56 | 0.63 | 7.27 | 7.52 | 1.72 | 13,826 | ||
21 | 2020 | 4.56 | 0.66 | 6.91 | 7.50 | 2.24 | 4,425 | ||
22 | 2017 | 4.56 | 0.81 | 5.61 | 6.11 | 1.50 | 403 | ||
23 | 2020 | 4.48 | 0.79 | 5.67 | 6.75 | 1.75 | 291 | ||
24 | 2017 | 4.47 | 0.67 | 6.72 | 7.34 | 3.00 | 4,043 | ||
25 | 2020 | 4.43 | 0.69 | 6.41 | 7.59 | 2.11 | 1,462 |
I first ran a dimension reduction method (PCA) to identify the main points of variation for games on BGG. The first 25 components explained roughly 50% of the overall variation in the dataset, so I computed the cosine similarity between every game’s score on these 25 components.
This plotscores are based on 25 principal components - the next table displays the selected game and its neighbors profiles on each of these components.